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‘Anna started to speak to me again, and I listened, nodding, although not really hearing anything she had to say.’

‘If he does not listen, the only other way to be heard is at the ballot box in November.’

‘James stood there listening the whole time but only heard half the conversation.’

‘He may be willing to listen but will he hear anything that's said?’

‘It knows the difference between listening and hearing.’

‘It is at that point that his mantra changes from a selfish need to be heard to actually listening.’

‘She complains that I don't talk to her and then she wonders why I get so angry because she never listens or hears anything I say.’

‘The Ivorians seemed willing to be heard, but none of them seemed willing to listen.’

‘The children learn to open their hearts and to really listen to others and be heard by them.’

1.2hear someone outListen to all that someone has to say.

‘Joseph gravely heard them out but never offered advice’

‘She doesn't listen to their problems, their wants or needs, she just assumes that she knows exactly what they need or want without really hearing them out.’

‘The mother hadn't found out her daughters' motives, she hadn't heard them out.’

‘The best never try to persuade the reader to believe them, only to hear them out, as Fort himself once did.’

‘Before you people start screaming, hear my case out.’

‘So, I decided that I would hear them out and just listen.’

‘They ruled that if defendants could show they were acting out of necessity or under duress the jury had the right to hear them out.’

‘Ariel Rogers heard them out, but it was important to her that, if they were to use Stan's name, they would have to do it right.’

‘I've done a fair amount of that kind of work before - I once worked with kids in a juvenile hall - and over the years I have found that if you can convey that you really want to hear them out as opposed to preaching to them, then they open up.’

‘As long as we exclude them and don't hear them out, we will allow them to continue their hate.’

‘The panelists, members of a national government advisory congress, intervened and heard the student out, according to one witness and accounts by others posted on the Internet.’

1.3Law Listen to and judge (a case or plaintiff)

‘an all-woman jury heard the case’

‘To hear cases, the judges sit in Chambers of seven, appointed on a rotating basis from within each Section.’

‘Three appeal court judges will hear the case on March 31 as he launches his fight against the conviction.’

‘Four Scottish judges, sitting without a jury, are hearing the case.’

‘Accordingly I rule that this court has jurisdiction to hear this case against all defendants.’

‘It was pointed out that all other common law jurisdictions hear such cases in jury courts.’

‘if you would like to join the committee, we would love to hear from you’

‘If you have a story to tell or a regret to resolve they would love to hear from you.’

‘This contact is sometimes the first time they have heard from their families for decades.’

‘I've not spoken to her on the phone nor heard from her via letter for three years.’

‘Take time to read some of the stories on the site and if you think you have what it takes, we'd love to hear from you.’

‘We always love hearing from you, even if you have tattoos and pierced places on you.’

‘I still have not heard from you following my last letter, and do not expect to for some months.’

‘The programme hears from a woman who avoided leaving her house for 10 years, and if she had to, scrubbed herself so violently afterwards that she literally got down to the last of her seven layers of skin.’

‘Though disqualified as a member of the council, he will address his former colleagues ‘in committee’ before the start of the monthly meeting and is likely to ask for a delay in filling his seat until he hears from the Department of Justice.’

‘If you or one of your readers is interested in doing this we would love to hear from them.’

‘If you have a story or information you would like to be included we would love to hear from you.’

‘He would love to hear from anyone who has examples of animal folklore or legend in Yorkshire.’

‘So, what I'm trying to say is, I love hearing from you guys, even if I don't always show it.’

‘The group is particularly keen to hear from people living close to mobile telephone masts.’

‘In truth, I'm probably just a mild hypochondriac who should get out more, but if no one hears from me for more than three days, please call the following number…’

‘After a day without hearing from him, she contacted the police and began a search.’

‘My dad heard from his two brothers that he never hears from, one in Romania who is now coming home to make funeral arrangements.’

‘Childline Scotland, the national helpline for children in trouble or danger, hears from a small, but significant, number of young people who are commercially sexually exploited every year.’

‘If so the organisers of this year's Medieval Festival would love to hear from you.’

‘He would love to hear from anyone who can shed some light on the great cowboy mystery.’

‘Not hearing from him, I contacted another friend in the UK, who had been in touch with his sister.’

3will/would not hear ofno objectWill or would not allow or agree to.

‘I won't hear of such idiocy’

‘I will not hear of any lofty titles as long as I stay on this island!’

‘The hotel would not hear of it and insisted it went to the courts.’

‘‘I told you, I had to study,’ not to mention the fact that my mom would not hear of me going out on a school night.’

‘She will not hear of his proposal because he is homeless and illiterate.’

‘Miss Reynolds, I will not hear of you traveling to Brighton unescorted.’

‘I offered to process the roll and send him the shots that I had taken in his museum, but he would not hear of it.’

‘A neighbour of mine had a dog that was run over, it lost three of its legs, these caring people would not hear of the vet putting him down, so instead they used to take him out for a ‘drag’ a couple of times a day.’

‘Given my feeling about my own journals, when I ran across those kept by my friend's 89-year-old mother after her death, I would not hear of throwing them away.’

‘He would not hear of my attending the funeral, or going for a day or two, to cheer poor Frederick's solitude.’

‘When mom was told, she would not hear of such a thing.’

‘She could have walked to Annie's house, which was only twice the distance to the diner, but Annie would not hear of her walking through town with all of her luggage, especially seeing as how she was the talk of the town.’

‘I badly wanted to ride out and meet him, but Mama would not hear of it.’

‘Margaret would not hear of this and three years ago Victor left the matrimonial home.’

‘She had wanted someone to roll it out for her, but the director would not hear of it.’

‘The conservative government was gung ho about supporting our ally and would not hear of possible defeat; we would never cut and run.’

‘In fact, the only reason she remained in school for so long was that her teachers would not hear of her being removed because she was such an excellent pupil.’

‘We offered to compensate the generous stranger but he would not hear of it.’

‘When he wants to quit again, Maria will not hear of it.’

‘He just hoped her mother would not hear of this because then she would no doubt be angry with him, letting her favorite daughter lift a finger and do something for herself.’

‘But her mother, who had never once considered her child as anything but beautiful, would not hear of it.’

Phrases

be unable to hear oneself think

informal Used to complain about very loud noise or music.

‘I hate bars where you can't hear yourself think’

‘Angels vice president Tim Mead recalls being unable to hear himself think when the team was three outs from clinching the '86 ALCS, but he says the sustained intensity this postseason was far greater.’

‘She was so loud, the rest of the dining room was unable to hear themselves think.’

‘I searched for the giant reticulated python, lizards, macaque monkeys and flying lemurs for hours and hours in the deathly heat, almost unable to hear myself think with the screeching of insects and exotic birds.’

‘They were so loud you could not even hear our rides, and we were unable to hear ourselves think, as if thinking is something we have to do!’

‘It is that urge to run out onto an opposing school's football field after an improbable upset or to be unable to hear yourself think over the roar of the home court anxiously awaiting the final buzzer.’

‘I am unable to hear myself think because of the shouting in my right ear.’

‘If you have a room with a pool view you cannot lay down in your room because the noise is that bad you are unable to hear yourself think.’

hear! hear!

Used to express one's wholehearted agreement with something said, especially in a speech.

‘The crew echoed with ‘hear hear’ and ‘damn straight.’’

‘My mother, who taught fourth grade for 30 years and became heartily sick of parents who insisted that she hand out high grades to undeserving kids in order not to damage their self-esteem, says ‘hear hear.’’

‘No one spoke until Maura called out ‘hear hear’ and the rest of the audience, though confused, clapped along and began to eat.’

‘We say, hear hear, it couldn't have happened to a nicer film/bloke.’

hear say (or tell) of (or that)

Be informed of or that.

‘I heard tell that he went out west’

‘There were towers and pillars and Elizabeth had heard tell that there were hundreds of rooms, even though the glorious abode accommodated only one occupant.’

‘I've heard tell that in Poland there's been a tradition that young boys take sweets to school for girls, and men take flowers for women at work.’

‘When comedic actors go into drama - particularly when they're at the peak of their careers - you always hear tell that sometimes they won't ‘go all out’ because they're scared to death.’

‘And I hear tell that there's a lot of beauty up there in Iceland.’

‘I have heard tell that there is a woman in this city who may know the whereabouts of this book.’

‘Only these are far larger than any I heard tell of as a boy, and all others who come here from outside say the same.’

‘Furthermore, I've heard tell that, like racehorses, modern blocks of flats all have one great-great grandaddy.’

‘I have even heard say that during training she won't even smile if there's not a good reason.’

‘And I have heard tell that one of them was innocent!’

‘I have even heard tell that some people don't answer the phone if they recognise the number and don't wish to speak to that person right now.’